Matthias
Hölzer
18/01/1998
1.00.00
KDE
KControl
Locale
Language

# KDE Control Center - Locale

## Setting the Language

With this dialog, you can set the language that is used by KDE. You can choose up to three languages. If you start a programm, KDE tries to find a translation of the program's texts into the first language. If this fails, it looks for the second language, then the third. If it cannot find any of the three, the default language is used (usually English.)

The search for up to three languages allows to set preferences. You might want to have the output in Spanish, but if this fails, you might prefer French to German or English, so you can set the

- First language to `Spanish`

- Second language to `French`

- Third language to `German`

In an ideal world, all programs would be translated to all languages, but in reality this will take some more time :-(

Setting or changing the languages will not affect the programs that are already running. Only programs started after the change will be translated accordingly. To change the language for all programs on the screen, you will have to log out first, then log in again.